China to host BRICS media summit

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A two-day BRICS media summit focusing on cooperation among media organisations of the five members of the bloc will be held here from December 1.

With the theme of “Innovation, Development, Cooperation and Trust,” the summit will include forums on topics such as media’s role in promoting a closer international partnerships, deepening BRICS media exchanges and cooperation as well as how traditional and new media complement each other and diverge.

Leaders of 25 media groups from Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa (BRICS) will attend the meeting to be hosted by China’s state-run Xinhua news agency.

First proposed by Xinhua, the summit is jointly organised by Brazil Communication Company, Russia Today International News Agency, The Hindu Group and South Africa’s Independent Media, a Xinhua report said.